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I'll Take Romance (1937)
Directed by Edward H. Griffith
Overview
Theater manager James Guthrie’s (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, however, Elsa breaks the contract in favor of a more lucrative deal in Paris. Desperate, James begins showering her with flowers and candy in an attempt to woo her to the Argentinian opera house. When Elsa overhears James confess to his friend Pancho that he’d be willing to resort to kidnapping to get Elsa to Argentina, she mistakenly believes his motives to be solely romantic.
Length 90 minutes
Actors
Ann Doran | George Beranger | Margaret Hamilton | Al Ernest Garcia | Franklin Pangborn | Melvyn Douglas | Richard Carle | Walter Kingsford | Stuart Erwin | Ferdinand Gottschalk | John Gallaudet | Albert Conti | Helen Westley | William Bailey | Louis Mercier | Bud Wolfe | Bess Flowers | Lucio Villegas | Barry Norton | William Lally | Alphonse Martell | Grace Moore | Al Hill | Mildred Gover | Adia Kuznetzoff | Marek Windheim | Greta Meyer | Esther Muir | Mariska Aldrich | Ernest Wood | Gennaro Curci | Lew Davis | Frank Forest | Payne B. Johnson | Carrie Daumery | Manuel París | George Hickman | Alexander Palasthy | Bruce Sidney | Genaro Spagnoli | Walter O. Stahl | Meeka Aldrich | Bing Conley | Irene Crane | Manuel Emanuel | Mary Emery | Marco Vico | Bruce Wyndham